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Plans For Roads Worry Residents

August 08, 1995|By Annemarie Mannion.

Addison — More than 80 area residents-most of them angry-attended a hearing Monday night as officials from the Illinois Department of Transportation outlined plans for the reconstruction of Lake Street at Villa Avenue.

Jarrod Cebulski, an IDOT project studies engineer, told the audience that the project will take nearly a year to complete. It is expected to begin at the end of this year.

Officials presented detailed plans, including showing alternative routes for traffic during the construction. Parts of Wooddale Road, south of the Eisenhower extension, and Villa Avenue, north of the Diversey Avenue Pumping Station, will be closed to traffic during the project.

Most of the anger was generated at the closure of Wooddale Road; residents said that would maroon them in their various subdivisions.

They also were concerned with police and fire access, but Bensenville and Wood Dale have agreed to help.

Officials said they would request that Wooddale Road remain open, but noted that the final decision was IDOT's.

Lake Street also will be reduced to one lane in each direction, further hampering traffic.

The intersection, which frequently has flooded in the past, will be raised by 4.5 feet. In addition, sewers will be moved, above-ground utilities will be buried and sidewalks and lighting will be installed.